Field/Survival/Bush/Whatever Knife

[Jim D]

Every class I took he was using one. But it's big and a lot of people want something a little smaller that's why they developed the smaller models.

Good to know, I have trained with Tom but I wouldn't have guessed that.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[ZoneOne]

Good to know, I have trained with Tom but I wouldn't have guessed that.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I personally think it's a great knife. Do I carry it everyday? Hell no, but if I was headed out into the woods and had no idea when I was returning, it would be on my belt.

I've chopped a lot of wood with it and built a lot of traps, it serves its purpose quite well.

I've never owned or handled the smaller versions but I feel like they would be equally adequate and possibly better suited for some. I find the size of the T1 Tracker knife to be good for its purpose.

[DTHN2LGS]

Me too, since 1980........ Although I also have a RAT 3 (before they were EESE) on my survival kit.

And I have an ESEE 3mil too. Great minds think alike.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

Im not sure if I posted this yet, so here goes:

I recently had Matt from ML Knives make me a custom Kephart along the same lines as the original Kephart. I asked that the hilt be given another .5", that he include a small ferro rod loop, and that he use some beautiful tiger maple on the scales. I wasnt super happy with the sheath, it works for its intended purposes, but I may have another more clean looking sheath made.

I have been trying to get away from carrying fighting knives in the wild, and this fit the bill. Ive also wanted to get back to my roots and back into bushcrafting, and I think this knife will help me do so.

[shua713]

at first I said ka-bar, but upon looking at my knifes, I would probubly take the Gerber LMF II

[Lee D]

the Camillus made BK2 ive had (and actually used) for years. alotta knives on this thread look NIB

[SilverTongueDevil]

Since it has to be a knife and not machete which would be my first choice no matter the terrain or situation basically.
Would be my Cold Steel Kukri 13 inch Machete its knife like just wished it had a better sheath...
Ive used it more than any knife Ive ever owned except kitchen knives and pocket knifes..

Its got all the chopping power and thrusting ability of blades of larger size. One can just palm the blade and use it like a skinner or as a smaller blade.. The steel takes and edge with ease.

The only down sides is its a light, big, fast,and cheap its not great for prying and its sheath sucks, But all those are also its greatest strengths.

But to each there own...
I own many blades and plan on never truly being limited to just one..
Love many of the blades others have posted..

[kingsford]

My trail knife, my hunting knife, my one knife is the one I have depended on it for over forty years, my issued 5" K-bar. I have cut wire, gutted deer, chopped kindling, sliced meat, opened coconuts and C-rations, skinned a couple of hogs. And it holds an edge. I would stake my life on it. Once I even used it as a tent peg.

[Redmanfms]

Randall 14 or 15.

[STG77]

How about the IMBEL knives?





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